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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-01-07
FUN AT THE STORE.
Serious Consequences of Floor Walkers
Startling Attack of Humor.

Serious Consequences of u Floor Walkers
Startling Attack of Humor.
'Did you hear that, Mr.. DenimsF
Listen. Wasn't it awfulp"
If didn't hear any thing, Mr.. Floor
walker; what was it?'
Crash in the towel department, sir.
He. he, her
The old man walked sternly away,
stopping at the book keepers desk to
relieve his pent-up feelings by coniding
to Mr.. Doublentry. with savage glare.
that he did hate IA fool, whereat the
indignant ooS-keeper resigned on the
spot, and Mr.. DENNIS went into his
private office in Amusement. and asked
his partner since when the house of
Denims d Jeans had been termed into a
lunatic asylum, whcreupon Mr.. Jeans
invited him to step down into the pack
ing department and have it out if that
was what he meant. and it was three
O'Clock IN the afternoon efore the mat
tor was Strengthened out, and Mr.
Floor-walker was instructed to save his
jokes for the cash boys in future
Quiet rel ned. and the whte-winged
peace, like cloud of illusion around
the chandelier, byopdvl softly Ger the
scene from the packing room to tn,
bargain counter. b Iaettc, IN Brookty1
Ea1ic
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-01-07
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

Most Likely.-Did Jack Frost mar
ry an ice girlp-Judy.
Il made a dollar slick to-day, -"
said Jones. "How did you do itP"' in
quired Smith eagerly. Creased il, "
retorted Jones. 7. News
1t is said that the very center of
the earth is the only spot where one
can be merry all the time, and the rea-
son is that, as science tells us, every
thing there loses its gravity.
Customer Gin restaurant)-I or
dered some cheese, waiter Waiter
Yes, sah.' | done brought it, sab.
Customer-Well, where is it then?
Waiter-Didn't yo' eat it? Gus
tomer-Eat itP Certainly not. Waiter
Den l spects it must got away,
sah.-LVe.
What has become of the boot
jackP" said Towser, savagely, as he
knocked things about. Il had it last
night" ''lt's on the mantelpiece, >"
replied Mrs. Towser. IL covered it
with plush to-day and painted some
flowers on it. Isn't it lovelyP "-Har-
per's Bdzar.
The small boy who furnishes the
historian with good deal of data
watches his baby sister with constant
curiosity. "She doesn't know any
thing he said. 'Shc can't talk; she
cant think; she cant read" He
looked at her a moment, meditating on
his own superiority, and then said.
pityingly: Poor little thing; she's
never been to circus! - Toledo Blade.
A Conscientious Housewife When
old Mrs Van Karc read that Christie
pher Vert had been appointed Boiler
Inspector in Philadelphia, she secured
up her big wash boiler and took it
around TO the new official for his in
spection. She said that she thought it
was safe enough, but she wished to
comply with the law, and an expert in
spector might discover weak spot in
it that she couldn't see. NorristoWn
Herald,
"A well-known Bostonian was try
ing horse one day in company with
the owner, professional jockey. Hav-
ing driven him a mile or two, the gen
tleman, who noticed that he pulled
pretty hard, requiring constant watch
ing and a steady rein, said: 'Do YOU
think that is just the horse for lady to
driver "Well, SIR" answered the
jockey, 81 must say | shouldn't want
to marry the woman that could drive
that horse. ~ Y. Ledger.
I've been digging over my gar
den," said Brown, land I'm ali worn
out. "Ah! remarked Fogg, "a new
variety of earthen wear, eh?" Fender
son, who was present, thought it was a
mighty good joke, and seeing Smith
snort time afterward, of course he had
to tell it. 81 say, smith," said he,
.'Fogg just got off neat thing.
Brown was saying that he was all worn
out digging in his garden, and Fogg
asked him if that wasn't new kind of
crockcry ware. What do you think of
that?" Il don't see the point.n>
''Darned if / do either, now; but /
thought L did when Fogg told it,
Boston Transcript.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-01-07
Victorious Sparrows.

A crowd of loafers in Fall River
Mass, attempted to amuse themselves
one day recently by throwing apples al
the nest of some English sparrows. The
trees werefilled with hundreds of birds.
which stood the fun until it became mo.
notonous and then organized and made
dash upon their tormentors. They
flew straight for the face, and it began
10 look serious for the offenders. Some
Of the latter ran to safe distance and
looked on, but the more adventurous
waged the battle. Two boys were
pecked at until their faces and hand,
were covered with blood, and the,
were Obliged to defend themselves W {
clubs in order to save their eyes. The,
tired before the srarrowS. however. an
at last were cId'erd 70 beat hasly AZ
treat. \. Skar.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-01-07
Tra r AT EASTERN.
Fate Of the Most Gigantic Specimen .,
Modern ShIpbuIIdinR.

'hpNtfh shhpDuhuihEs
After many vicissitudes of fortune,
in the majority of which the evil has
certainly predominated over the good
the Great Eastern has at length been
turned to a use which is decidedly
pleasant, and which offers bright
promise of ultimately becoming verf
profitable. For some weeks past tn
great steamship has been lying in tn,
Mcrsey and kind of worlds fair ha
been held on board every day an
evening. to the intense delight of e.
Liverpudlians, great and small. Til
humors of that "Folly on the Than -.
of which Ainsworth discourscd , p;.
uresquely in 1.-The Miser's Daughter,
seem to have been revived in the lev
athan argosy which was the crownin
work of the inventive genius of Bruno
and the constructive capacity of SCOT
RUSSELL but the somewhat too exuber
ant ioviality which made of 'Th
Folly" Il kind of floating Vauxhall has
in the case of the Great Eastern, been
toned down and modified so as to be in
accordance with The scrupulously de
cOrOus requirements of this extremely
moral nineteenth century. The success
OF the venture has been so great that the
propr etors of the enormous galleon
propose to take her from port to port,
always from an exhibition point of
view; and there would not seem to be
any valid reason why in process OF
time the Great Eastern should not turn
up in the Bay of Dublin and in the
Cove of Cork, in the Clyde or in the
Firth of Forth, in the Downs or at
Millwall. or in Plymouth sound; while,
if some little dii,ic II les in the way of
coaling could be lot over and what
obsta' les are there which plenty OF
ready m pncy will not surmount?-she
might some day or other find the
hearticst of welc mes ut Barcelona or
at Cronstadt, ut Hamburg or at Rotter-
dam, to say nothing of a trip round the
world touching ut Naples, Colombo
Madras. Calcutta, Bombay, X ne George
sound. Adj la d .. Melbourne, Sydney
Brisbane and Auckland, and returning
by WAY of Cape Horn and the ports Of
the North Atlanti. seaboard. III NJ de
Lcsscps could only get the Panama
canal finished, the Great Eastern mi ght
solve the problem of perpetual motion,
and be in ,essantlv acknowledging
the globe. LON Ion TEE Ua Nh.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-01-07
BLOODY WORK.
Vow Dakota Journalist Fixed" the Edl
- tor of Rival Sheet.

Vow a Dakota Journalist Fixed" the Edi-
tor of "A Rival Sheet.
There. | think that will fix him, "
said the editor of Dakota paper to the
foreman. "Here is what l say: The
miserable, cowardly, sneaking whelp
who makes a sickening and disgusting
effort to edit the daub known to the half
dozen or SO who are aware it is pub
lished here as the yorktown MorQue,
printed another batch of base and silly
lies about us last week. We take this
occasion to give the aforementioned
bowling idiot notice that we shall shoot
him on sight. We have stood all of it
we propose to. We shall go armed, and
the lunk-headed, over-grown cali had
better keep out of our sight if he values
his miserable, worthless life.
Hold on" said the foreman, looking
out the window, better get out your
gun, he's coming now"
''Why, 90 I'd morning, Major, come
in" said the bloodthirsty journalist.
laying down the manuscript, 81 was
reading over one of my editorials in
which | call upon Congress to quit
tinkering and get down to the crying
needs of the country. It's disgust no
the way it neglects business, isn't it?'
lit - for fact; | propose to refer to
it myself this week. Well, can't stop
now"
''Oh, don't be in hurry; sorry we
can't do any thing for you to-day. Well.
good morning, Major"
Good morning. Este lime ID. r..
Pan
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-01-07
STORY OF A SONG.

History of the Composition of the Simple
But Pleasing Russian National Hymn.
The Russian national hymn, a simple
but noble strain, well known in Eng
land, was composed by General Alexis
Lwoff. The melody, without possess
ing any of the chara ,terlstics peculiar
to Russian popular music, is eminently
fitted for its purpose, and has. like the
Austrian national air, been frequently
used as hymn-tune. In his MEM
oirs,' General Lwoff thus relates the
history of its composition:
''ln 1888, l accompanied the EN-
peror Nicholas to Prussia and Austria.
On our return to Russia, | was in
formed by Count de Benkendolff that
our sovereign, regretting that we Rus
slams had no national hymn, requested
me to try and write such a compost
ton. The problem struck me as ex-
tremely difficult and serious. Recol-
lecting the imposing British hymn,
God save the King the French hymn,
so full of originality; and the Austrian
hymn, with its touching music, felt
and comprehended the necessitv of
producing something vigorous, grand.
moving and national, fit to be heard in
a church, in the ranks of the army or
in the midst of a popular gathering,
and within the reach of every one,
from the scholar to the person of no
education at all. One evening, on re-
turning home very late. l composed
and wrote down the melody of the
hymn. The next day called on Jou-
vosky to ask him for the words; but he
was not musician and could not
adapt them to the finale in the minor
key of the first cadence of the melody.
informed Bengendorff that the hymn
was ready. The emperor said he would
hear it, and on the 23d of November,
1888, cam, % the chapel of the imperi-
al choristers. l had summoned the
whole body of the latter, and backed
them up with two full bands. The
Emperor had the hymn repeated sever
al times, then sung without accompani-
ment. and then performed by all the
executants combined. He said to me
in French, 1T is superb and then and
there ordered the Minister of War 70
have the hymn adopted for the whole
army. The decree was promulgated
on the 4th of December, and the HYMN
was heard publicly for the first time on
the 18th of December, 1888, at Mos
cow"
The Emperor presented the composer
with gold snuff-box set with dia-
monds, as testimony of his satisfac-
ton, and ordered that the words. God
protect the Gar" should be intro
duced in the armorial bearings of the
Lwoff family. Lwoff died in 1870 hav-
ing suffered for many years from very
distressing affliction of his organs of
hearing.-Casselrs Family Magazine.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-01-07
WANTED ALL KINDS.
Story of IN American P1utocrat Who Posed
as Patron OF the Arts.

as Patron OF the Arts.
Virgil Williams was once in Rome
Perhaps some of those who knew him
may have heard him talk about it.
Judging from his enthusiastic reference
to the time he spent there, it is safe to
judge that he must have been of the
original crowd that made Rome howl
Virgil relates that once upon a time
there came to Rome rich American
and his family. Having made an enor-
nous fortune out of some prosaic trade,
he touched the other extreme, and be-
came, like many others since Croesus'
time, patron of the arts. He reveled
in the American bohemian quarters in
Rome. He bought pictures by the
wholesale, and even the divine afflatus
was touched by his generosity and his
lberality, and gave him the hand of
good-fellowship. He was blunt, out
spoken fellow, and did not pretend to
be much of critic, So every body was
willing to sell pictures to him. Virgil
had started in on "A canvas intended to
represent a confess onal scene, and he
had it rounded off at the top for some
artistic effect or other He chan led his
idea, and painted some simple figure
knecling at shrine or something. and
he had this picture upon his easel when
the iovial millionaire called upon him,
The millionaires daughter was there
with him.
''Hullo!' he said; "hullo! what this?
what's this?'
''Oh, little thing I've Just finished, y
said Virgil.
This is good. This is something
new. like this. Mary" turning to
his daughter, MARY, we hain't got no
round-top pictures at all, have we?"
No, pa"
That's all right. III take that
Send it up, will you, and name your
price. San Francisco Chronicle.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-01-07
NOTHING BUT TALK.
Pretended Dissatisfaction of Wealthy
People with Their Riches.

People with Their Riches.
Nothing is more ridiculous and con
temptble than the pretended dssatis-
faction of wealthy people with their
riches. An instance of this kind was
furnished by an Eastern paper the other
day. A millionaire was going up the
Tribune elevator. and, incidentally
hearing that one of the elevator men
had gone to see the baseball match,
delivered himself of the following rot:
chat is right. You are not rich and
can afford to enjoy yourselves. | am
weighed down with wealth and must
work from morning till night to take
care of my interests. | wish was boy
cotting somebody so that l might have
u rest
This is fair sample of great deal of
talk that is heard from wealthy men,
1t would be better left unsaid, becaus
nobody believes that it is honest or that
it is not arralt humoug and hypocrisy.
If these rich men are sincere theY could
very easily lessen their burden. Ii is not
very difficult to get rid of ones money
But they don't want to get rid of it
They want to get more all the time, an !
they work hard and decline recreation
solely for this purpose. Instead of con
tracing tlIcT business, they go on en-
larging it, They are so wrapped up in
money getting that base ball has no at.
fractions for them, and that is the real
reason they don't go to see the games
No, your average rich man has no de
sire to be a poor man, whatever he may
say to the contrary. He is very well
contented with his lot in life. Chicag3
,jOYy2l0I
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-01-07
a Judge With Good Ears.

One of the shr1w;est of her Majesty $
judges is MS rcmlrkable for the quick
ness of his eyes and ears as for the
keenness Of his intellect The other
day stranger in court. espying a
fri nd. addressed him in stage whis-
per with Hello. old fellow. | haven't
seen you lately. Are you all right?"
The Remark was hardly heard beyond
the nearest DY->tali.rs. and there was,
consequently, considerable bcwilder-
ment am )ng those en- aged in the case
before the court wien the iu lge, look
ing up from Ia, notes. observed: If
the old f'il,w is ali ri .ht, he had bet
ter 90 outside and say 50. London
IfWM
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-01-07
And Yet He Went to Jail.

JUDGE shall send YOU up for three
months.
Prisoncr-What's iiai for Judge?
Judge (sternly)-You're tramp and
are without visible means of support.
Prisoner Earnestly adm it, Judge,
but faint my fault. I've axed three
girls to have me in tn, last month, and
If you'll give me show I'll get mar
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-01-07

The Canada Pacific Railroad Com
pany will have to build five miles OF
shedding in the Selkirks at q cost OF
$4,000
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-01-07

"A chalky substance that g very ex.
cellent for polish ng has been found on
a Plantation in Wilkes County. Georgia
So Louis Globe.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-01-07

She use to meet him at the gate
with kiss and smile like morning
light; but now she comes to the door
in 6 lingy old calico wrapper and sho IS
down at the heel, shades her eyes with
her hand, and with voice that seems
to need oiiny, inquiries: "Did you
bring that buttcr?' From Mod,rJ
Norci.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-01-07

The night school at Sing Sin
prison for the benefit of the prisoner,
which WAS stare by Warden Brush j.
January, 1894. is said t. have accom-
plished eN client rcsults.-N. Y. Ma.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-01-07

Mrs. 4 went into the kitch N
one IN orning and informed Ellen that
Mr. Thomps IN, IA ncighbor and prom
incnt resident had committed suicide
Ellen looked ut her with an expression
of mingled asst IN siment and disgust
and said "Oh-h h. mum. has hep
Mid who?" Harp RS Monthty
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-17
French Wood Wool.

s'Wood WOOL" new French inven-
ton, consisting Of extremely thin and
slender shavings of wood that are COM
parable to paper cut for packing, is al
ready in extensive use in France. II
has also been found to be well adapted
for the manufacture of mattresses, fol-
the filtration of liquids. stufiing horse
collars, etc, the most suitable species
of wood being selected for each Of
these uses. Its elasticity causes it &c
be considered the best material for bed.
ding after horse-hair. and is, in fact,
preferable TO any other substance when
it is derived from resinous wood. since
it does not then absorb moisture. II
workshops wood wool is tending to re
place cotton waste for cleaning ma
chimes, and it has likewise found an APP
plication on The rolling-stock of rail
ways for lubrieating car-axles. While
it has the same property that cottor
waste has of absorbing oil, its cost il
many times less than that material. -
Boston Budqet.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-17
iNDISPUTABLE FACTS.
A Few Words About the Struggle for Pre-
cedence Between Stock Raisers.

A Few Words About the Struggle for Pre-
cedence Between Stock Raisers.
Until within a few years, dairying
has, over great part of the country,
been considered as sort of a side issue,
or a convenient and necessary part of
mixed farming. A few cows have been
kept to supply the family, and when the
calves were weaned or sold, the surplus
milk has been used for butter or cheese,
with the conveniences at hand, and with
what knowledge of the business the
farmers wife happened to possess, and
this knowledge was too often composed
of whims and superannuated customs.
But at the present time, dairying is one
of the great industries of the farming
community. Building barns. cutting
hay, buying feed, procuring ice, ar
ranging for supply of water. improv-
ing pastures and selecting herds of
stock are all done with an eye to the
dairying business; and this increased
interest in the business gives the manu-
facturers of dairymen's supplies a
chance to reap harvest, and creates
great competition among them as well
as among breeders of dairy stock. II
any man attempted to believe half the
statements and testimonials that are
published to catch the eyes and the
dollars OF dairymen. he would soon land
in a lunatic asylum.
Just now the greatest struggle for
precedence and patronage is between
the breeders of dairy stock, and if q
man can keep cool and let good judg-
ment control his own selections, there
is a ludicrous phase to the whole affair.
1t is now pretty generally admitted
that the general-purposc COW, at her
present stage of development, Is an I'M
desirable piece of property almost any
where, and it will in time be learned
that no one breed of dairy cows is the
best for all places and all conditions
On short, dry pasture which extends
over wide range of hills, large, heavy,
slow-moving cows are out of place;
while on a moist farm, with certainty
of a full supply Of feed, they would be
the most profitable. Each man must
study these things with reference to
his own case, and not go crazy for
something new because it does we'll
somewhere else, Take advantage of
the fact that this lively competition
gives you a variety to select FROM
CultiputOr,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-17
STIRRING THE CREAM.
An Operation Whose Proper Performance
Requires Considerable Caro-.

An Operation Whose Proper Performance
Requires Considerable Care.
One of the most important opera
tions of the dairy is stirring the cream.
Simple as it appears, it is usually not
half done at that. 1t is usually stirred
with narrow paddle, a sort of pud-
ding stick, most inefficient imple-
ment 1t has but one merit, which is
that it may be used as knife to scrape
around the edge where the cream may
have dried little to the side of the
vessel If cream is thoroughly stirred
with this. the churning process will
have begun, which is exactly what
should be avoided The fact is, when
cream is we'll stirred the surface should
not be especially agitated- certainly
never so much as to produce bubbles
There is proper cream stirrer, and it
does its work so well that we have
never known its use to be given up
where once dairy folks had the article
in use. 1t is very simply made either
of wood or timed iron. If piece of
heavy tin is taken about as large and
of the shape of tea saucer, and we'll
timed iron rod is fastened by riveting
and solder upon the middle of the con-
vex side, this completes the stirrer. 1t
is like Tin saucer held bottom upwards
by o sufficiently strong rod or wire.
In use the saucer end is brought within
few inches of the bottom of the cream
holder and then quickly thrust down
ward again and again. Soon the cream
from the bottom will come boiling up
on all sides. The motion is that of
churning, but there is no churning, for
no air is agitated with the cream. and
the operation may be continued until
the most perfect mixture has taken
place. Thorough mixing of the cream
secures perfect uniformity in ripening
and that all the butter comes at once,
SO that none is lost in the buttermilk
under ordinary circumstances. Many
prefer wooden stirrer because it may
be left in the cream. 1t Is made on tho
same plan, tho disk and rod both being
Of some pdorless wood. = Guernsey
Breeder,
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1887-09-17
Artesian Wells in the Desert.


Respecting the plan of Colonel
Landas for fertilizing the African
Desert by means Of wells, Sir K Lam
bert Piayfair, in the course of a Consul
lar tour in Tunis. has visited the
ground where the first we'll was sunk,
and repor most favorably AS to the
success of the project. A space of 7aj
acres has been cleared and sown with
cereals and fucerne, a vegetable gar
den been made, and a nursery of young
trees planted. Two o her wells are
being sunk. which on completion will
irrigate T. 300 acres OF land. The Bsy
of Tunis has conceded to the company
25, 900 acres of land, which they can SO.
lect themselves from districts which
are ut present of no value. --Phre~o-
logical Journal.